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Night of the Living Dead (1990)


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Three out of Five

Movie

Rating: R
Length: 88 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
PORTUGUESE: Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

Captions

English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

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Plot

Like the original, a brother and sister go to visit the grave of their parent; this time it's their mother. The plot follows the original with minor modifications.

Pros

If you're a fan of Babylon Five, you'll enjoy the fact that the lovely actress that played Lyta Alexander (Patricia Tallman) is starring in this film. This is very close to the original with the exception that it is filmed in color; blood is now red. And, instead of being damsels in distress, the women in this film take a much more active role. Even though I suspect I have no acting skills whatsoever, I believe I could play a very convincing zombie!

Cons

Over-the-top and some very bad acting. It doesn't follow the original script verbatim which is only bad if that's what you were expecting; personally I believe this is a good thing. The ending is something everyone should think about.

Extras

  • Director Tom Savini's Audio Commentary
  • "The Dead Walk" Making-of Featurette
  • Production Notes
  • Talent Files
  • Theatrical Trailers

Recommendation

If this film wasn't based on a classic, I believe it would have been given more credit. This is by no means a bad film, it just doesn't hold up against the original. The ladies will love the fact that the main female kicks ass in this version as opposed to lying in a scared/helpless comatose state like the original.

Director

Actors

McKee Anderson - Helen Cooper
David W. Butler - Hondo
William Butler - Tom
[Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood]
William Cameron - The Newsman
[Day of the Dead]
Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille - T.V. Interviewer
[Night of the Living Dead (1968)]
Berle Ellis - The Flaming Zombie
Katie Finneran - Judy Rose
Pat Logan - Uncle Rege
Heather Mazur - Sarah Cooper
Bill Moseley - Johnnie
[The Devil's Rejects, Halloween (2007), House of 1000 Corpses]
Zachary Mott - Bulldog
[The Mothman Prophecies]
Pat Reese - The Mourner
Patricia Tallman - Barbara
[Army of Darkness]
Tony Todd - Ben
[Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Hatchet, Platoon, The Rock]
Tom Towles - Harry Cooper
[Halloween (2007), House of 1000 Corpses]

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